Adoption of community monitoring improves common pool resource management across contexts.

ABSTRACT: Pervasive overuse and degradation of common pool resources (CPRs) is a global concern. To sustainably manage CPRs, effective governance institutions are essential. A large literature has developed to describe the institutional design features employed by communities that successfully manage their CPRs. Yet, these designs remain far from universally adopted. We focus on one prominent institutional design feature, community monitoring, and ask whether nongovernmental organizations or governments can facilitate its adoption and whether adoption of monitoring affects CPR use. To answer these questions, we implemented randomized controlled trials in six countries. The harmonized trials randomly assigned the introduction of community monitoring to 400 communities, with data collection in an addi

SUBMITTER: Slough T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8307849 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature